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On Nov 30, 2020
@NewsfromScience shared
China's version of Warp Speed aims not just to stem the #COVID19 pandemic, but to build diplomatic and trade ties. https://t.co/Z98FsljTvK #LongReads
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With global push for COVID-19 vaccines, China aims to win friends and cut deals

With global push for COVID-19 vaccines, China aims to win friends and cut deals

Its version of Warp Speed aims not just to stem the COVID-19 pandemic, but to build diplomatic and trade ties

On Dec 1, 2020
@AmeshAA shared
In this @npwcnn piece I'm quoted about the fact that, as many of us assumed, #COVID19 was mixed in with flu season in China in the weeks/months before it was discovered. This is why we have to be vigilant with respiratory viruses all the time. https://t.co/grDPl9nU8z
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Leaked documents reveal China's mishandling of the early stages of Covid-19

Leaked documents reveal China's mishandling of the early stages of Covid-19

Misleading public data, a three-week lag in diagnosing new virus cases, and a previously undeclared regional spike in influenza cases: 117 pages of internal documents show a chaotic and ...

On Nov 27, 2020
@Reuters shared
China reports five new COVID-19 cases vs 21 a day earlier https://t.co/KpqF4jB8kE https://t.co/KtsPjr2bWx
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China reports five new COVID-19 cases vs 21 a day earlier

China reports five new COVID-19 cases vs 21 a day earlier

China on Friday reported five new coronavirus cases in the mainland for Nov. 26, compared with 21 cases a day earlier, the health authority said.

On Nov 30, 2020
@Reuters shared
After COVID-19 outbreak, BRF plant in southern Brazil cleared to resume exports to China https://t.co/WgjmXQ6zq2 https://t.co/K597yfEajG
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After COVID-19 outbreak, BRF plant in southern Brazil cleared to resume exports to China

After COVID-19 outbreak, BRF plant in southern Brazil cleared to resume exports to China

Brazil-based food processor BRF SA said on Monday its Lajeado pork unit has been authorized to resume exports to China, according to a statement sent to Reuters, as the Asian nation ...

On Nov 25, 2020
@Reuters shared
WHO experts would like to go to Wuhan, China, to probe COVID-19 origin https://t.co/C1JzZIHSt3 https://t.co/o4pEKn4UHj
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WHO experts would like to go to Wuhan, China, to probe COVID-19 origin

WHO experts would like to go to Wuhan, China, to probe COVID-19 origin

Researchers led by the World Health Organization would like to go back to a wholesale food market in Wuhan in China to follow up initial cases of COVID-19 which emerged in the city and ...

On Nov 26, 2020
@Reuters shared
South Korea, China top diplomats vow to work on North Korea, COVID-19 https://t.co/KREZ4k48Qv https://t.co/CeuoRXjsmC
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South Korea, China top diplomats vow to work on North Korea, COVID-19

South Korea, China top diplomats vow to work on North Korea, COVID-19

The foreign ministers of South Korea and China pledged on Thursday to work together to advance bilateral ties and tackle regional and global issues including stalled nuclear talks involving ...

On Nov 24, 2020
@XHNews shared
China stands ready to strengthen exchanges and cooperation with Germany on #COVID19 vaccines and push for vaccines to be fairly distributed as global public good, esp. for benefit of developing countries, said Xi Jinping in phone talk with Angela Merkel https://t.co/waYXDPPu90 https://t.co/QA2Vy0i5Os
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China ready to boost COVID-19 vaccine cooperation with Germany: Xi

China ready to boost COVID-19 vaccine cooperation with Germany: Xi

(Xinhua/Zhang Yuwei) BEIJING, Nov. 24 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping said Tuesday that China stands ready to strengthen exchanges and cooperation with Germany on …

On Nov 27, 2020
@XHNews shared
China vows to stem COVID-19 spread through imported foods https://t.co/o2ltWgqXYb https://t.co/CBXhN6IhaH
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China vows to stem COVID-19 spread through imported foods

China vows to stem COVID-19 spread through imported foods

A worker arranges boxes of imported frozen meat at a cold storage at Dalian port in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province, April 8, 2020. (Xinhua/Yao Jianfeng) BEIJING, Nov. …